Lexical Summary thyreos: a shield Original Word: θυρεόςTransliteration: thyreos Phonetic Spelling: (thoo-reh-os') Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: a shield Meaning: a shield Strong's Concordance shield. From thura; a large shield (as door-shaped) -- shield. see GREEK thura Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2375: θυρεόςθυρεός, θυρεοῦ, ὁ (from θύρα, because shaped like a door (cf. Winers Grammar, 23)), a shield (Latinscutum); it was large, oblong, and four-cornered: τόν θυρεόν τῆς πίστεως, equivalent to τήν πίστιν ὡς θυρεόν, Ephesians 6:16. It differs from ἀσπίς (Latinclipeus), which was smaller and circular. (Polybius, Dionysius Halicarnassus, Plutarch, others.) |
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